Her schoolmates, at Green Valley Middle School in Solano County, told KCRA 3 on Monday that the girl was encouraged, because she had been told she would be able to go live with her biological mother.

“She told us that she was supposed to move in with her mom soon -- and then, all of a sudden, she dies,” said William Jackson, a 14-year-old student at Green Valley who described himself as a good friend of the girl.

Jackson’s 13-year-old sister, Linda, said the girl seemed different on Thursday afternoon, the last time the children saw her.

“She looked kind of upset when she walked out of the office,” Linda Jackson said. “I really didn’t know why. She was just walking out of the office, like her face especially was upset.”

A guardian reported the girl missing Thursday evening when she did not come home from school, police said.

Police haven’t released the girl’s name.

They said her nude body was found at Allan Witt Park in Fairfield just before 6 a.m. Friday.

They have not released a cause of death and would not discuss the girl’s emotional state or her circumstances at the foster home, which was in Suisun City, about three miles from the park.

The foster family could not be reached for comment.

A spokesman for Solano County Child Protective Services said he could not release information about the girl until police confirm her identity.

A young woman who said she had once lived in the same Suisun foster home that the victim did said Monday that the home was a “good environment.”

Cheryl Parrish, who is now 19 years old and has left foster care, said the foster parents at the home are “very responsible.”

Parrish said she had not met the victim and that the victim did not live at the foster home when Parrish was leaving the home in July.

At Green Valley Middle School, students spoke to counselors who were helping them grieve Monday.

William Jackson said the victim “liked to make people laugh,” and liked to dress up.

“Like, she had her own fashion. She used to wear shoelaces for head bands,” he said. “She wanted to do a lot of things when she grew up. She wanted to be like a school teacher and help out foster kids.”

Jackson’s mother, Michelle Jackson, said the girl was “respectful.”

“She wasn’t a sassy young girl. She was a sweet young girl,” Michelle Jackson said. “It hits home for me because I love children and I told her, ‘You can always call me ‘Mama Michelle.’’ And when she would call, she would always say, ‘How’s Mama Michelle doin’?’ And you know, I’m just very devastated that this happened to the young girl.”

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